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Ministry of Culture
Union Culture Minister Shri Prahlad Singh Patel participates in 550th prakash purab of Guru Nanak Devji by paying obeisance at Sri Ber Sahib Gurudwara at Sultanpur Lodhi
Exhibitions on Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji put up across the country by Culture Ministry to spread his teachings :Culture Minister
The Union Minister of State for Culture and Tourism , Shri Prahlad Singh Patel today paid obeisance at Sri Ber Sahib Gurudwara at Sultanpur Lodhi, the holy town where Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji lived for many years and got enlightenment.
The Minister was at Sultanpur Lodhi in Kapurthala district of Punjab to participate in the 550th Parkash Purab  of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji. He said that he is delighted to be present at such an important holy place and appealed to the people to visit Sultanpur Lodhi to pay their respects to the Great Guru.
After paying obeisance at the historical Gurudwara, which is famous for Beri  tree sown by Guru Nanak Dev Ji himself, Shri Patel visited local railway station where the Union Culture Ministry has put up a photo exhibition and is also showcasing a short film to public describing Life and Teachings of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji. He watched the film along with other dignitaries.
Shri Prahlad Patel said that the Union Culture Ministry has put up exhibitions on Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji at 100 places across the country to spread his teachings which have universal appeal and value. Former Member of Parliament, Shri Prem Singh Chandumajra and Member Secretary, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts  Shri Sachidanand Joshi were also present during his visit.
Ministry of Earth Sciences
The air quality over Delhi-NCR is likely to remain in Moderate to Poor category on 06th April
The air quality is likely to remain largely in Moderate category
According to the National Weather Forecasting Centre of the India Meteorological Department :
Air mass inflow forecast in Delhi along with predicted ventilation coefficient and weather forecast is as follows:
The air quality over Delhi-NCR is likely to remain in Moderate to Poor category on 06.04.2021. The air quality is likely to improve to Moderate category on 07.04.2021 and 08.04.2021. The Outlook for subsequent 5 Days: The air quality is likely to remain largely in Moderate category.
The predominant surface wind is likely to be coming from East directions of Delhi with wind speed 10-12 kmph, partly cloudy sky with possibility of very light rain/drizzle towards night on 06.04.2021. The predominant surface wind is likely to be coming from Northeast/Northwest directions of Delhi with wind speed 14-20 kmph, partly cloudy sky and strong surface winds  during the day on 07.04.2021. The predominant surface wind is likely to be coming from North/Northwest directions of Delhi with wind speed 16-20 kmph and mainly clear sky and strong surface winds  during the day on 08.04.2021.
Predicted maximum mixing depth is likely to be approx 4500 m on 06.04.2021, 4000 m on 07.04.2021 and 3800 m on 08.04.2021 over Delhi. Maximum Ventilation index is likely to be approx 28000 m2/s on 06.04.2021 and 20000 m2/s on 07.04.2021 and 17000 m2/s on 08.04.2021. The ventilation index lower than 6000 m2/s with average wind speed less than 10 kmph is unfavourable for dispersion of pollutants.
No significant dust transport from neighboring region to Delhi/NCR is likely.
Detailed forecast analysis and verification can be seen at https://ews.tropmet.res.in.

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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
COVID-19 UPDATE
193.28 cr vaccine doses have been administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive
India's Active caseload currently stands at 17,087
Active cases stand at 0.04%
Recovery Rate currently at 98.74%
2,035 recoveries in the last 24 hours increases Total Recoveries to
4,26,11,370
2,828 new cases recorded in the last 24 hours
Daily positivity rate 
Weekly Positivity Rate 
84.97 cr Total Tests conducted so far; 4,74,309 tests conducted in the last 24 hours
Ministry of Finance
GSTR-9 & GSTR -9C more simplified & last dates of submission extended
The Government has decided today to extend the due dates of filing of Form GSTR-9  and Form GSTR-9C  for Financial Year 2017-18 to 31 st December 2019 and for Financial Year 2018-19 to 31 st March 2020. The Government has also decided to simplify these forms by making various fields of these forms as optional.
Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs  today notified the amendments regarding the simplification of GSTR-9  and GSTR-9C  which inter-alia allow the taxpayers to not to provide split of input tax credit availed on inputs, input services and capital goods and to not to provide HSN level information of outputs or inputs, etc. for the financial year 2017-18 and 2018-19.
CBIC expects that with these changes and the extension of deadlines, all the GST taxpayers would be able to file their Annual Returns along with Reconciliation Statement for the financial years 2017-18 and 2018-19 in time. Various representations regarding challenges faced by taxpayers in filing of GSTR-9 and GSTR-9C were received on which by the Government has acted in a very responsive manner.
It may be noted that earlier the last date for filing of GSTR-9 and GSTR-9C for Financial Year 2017-18 was 30 th November 2019 while that for Financial Year 2018-19 was 31 st December 2019. Notifications implementing the decisions as above have been issued today
Ministry of Finance
CGST Palghar Commissionerate arrests one for committing GST fraud of Rs 181 crore
Efforts on to identify and nab kingpin of a gang that commits GST frauds
Mumbai, 26 January 2022
CGST Palghar Commissionerate has arrested an accountant for issuing bogus bills of more than Rs. 1000 Crore and committing GST Input Tax Credit  fraud of Rs.181 Crore.
The officers of Palghar Commissionerate received specific inputs from data mining and data analysis that one entity M/s Nithilan Enterprises is suspected to be engaged in availing and passing on of fake Input Tax Credit  by issuing fake invoices without actual receipt or supply of goods or services. Based on this, they conducted thorough investigations and noticed that a 27 years old man, who has studied till 12th standard and now works as freelancer accountant cum GST consultant, cheated and stole the identity of one of his clients for committing such GST frauds for monetary gains.
Confrontation with material evidence made the accountant confess his offence of issuing bogus bills of more than Rs. 1000 crores and availing and passing of fake ITC of Rs. 181 crores without movement of any goods. His confession and evidence collected during the investigation led to his arrest by the CGST officers on Tuesday  under Section 69 of the CGST Act 2017 for violations which are punishable under Section 132 of CGST Act 2017. The accused was produced before the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Mumbai on the same day. The Hon’ble Court has remanded him to 14 days judicial custody. If convicted, the person may face jail up to five years with fine.
It is suspected that he is a part of bigger network which lures innocent people to obtain GST registrations and then steals their registration. This stolen identity is used for generation, availing and passing on of fake ITC, without actual supply or receipt of goods or services. All efforts are being made to identify and nab the kingpin and other members and beneficiaries of this network.
This case of detection of fake ITC racket is a part of crusade of Anti-Evasion drive launched by CGST, Mumbai Zone against the fraudsters and tax evaders who have been creating unhealthy competition with honest and compliant taxpayers and defrauding the Government exchequer. As a part of this drive, Palghar Commissionerate has detected tax evasion to the tune of Rs 460 Crore, recovered Rs 12 Crore and arrested two persons so far. The CGST Department is going to intensify this drive against the fraudsters and tax evaders in the coming days.PIB Mumbai - SC/DR
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Prime Minister's Office
Disruption and diversification are the two big USPs of our start-ups: PM Modi
The Prime Minister said that the biggest USP of the startup world is its disruption and diversification capacity. He was addressing ‘Prarambh: Startup India International Summit’ today via video conferencing today.
Disruption, as startups are giving rise to new approaches, new technology and new ways. They are changing the time-worn ways of thinking.
Diversification because a large number are coming up with diverse ideas bringing revolution is diverse sectors with unprecedented scale and substance. They are revolutionizing multiple sectors The greatest feature of this ecosystem is that it is guided more by passion than pragmatism. This ‘can-do’ spirit is evident in the way India is working today, said Shri Modi.
The Prime Minister gave example of BHIM UPI which has revolutionized the payment system as only in December 2020, 4 lakh crore worth of transections took place through UPI in India. Similarly India is leading in solar and AI sector.
Ministry of Finance
electronic Banking and Awareness Training  - 1 Gujarat Girls Battalion NCC, Ahmedabad
Under the aegis of India’s Presidency of the G20 and in the run-up to the 3rd Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors  and Finance and Central Bank Deputies  meetings, scheduled from July 14-18, 2023 in Gandhinagar, with a view to creating wider awareness and involvement, a Jan Bhagidari program on ‘electronic Banking and Awareness Training’ was organized by Reserve Bank of India, Ahmedabad at 1 Gujarat Girls Bn NCC, Ahmedabad on June 27, 2023. The program was attended by 270 NCC cadets.
The programme was chaired by Shri Devendra D. Bonde, Deputy General Manager and attended by other officials from Reserve Bank of India . At the outset, Colonel Naresh Kumar, Commanding Officer from NCC welcomed RBI officials and advised all participants to be attentive to take advantage of the session on e-Baat. Thereafter, Smt. Shreya Lalawat, Assistant Manager in her session briefed about the ease and benefits of digital transactions and precautions to be taken while using digital banking. They were informed about the advantages of digital banking and various modes of digital payments such as NEFT, RTGS, UPI., etc. They were made aware of fraudulent schemes such as OTP scam, fake emails etc. and cautioned about Do’s & Don’ts of safe and secure electronic banking. The cadets were advised to be vigilant against phishing and fraudulent schemes, aimed at duping the gullible public.
Afterwards, Ms. Astha Sharma, Manager, brought to the notice of the participants RBI guidelines on customer liability in case of unauthorized transactions and Integrated Ombudsman Scheme. They were also apprised about the latest announcements regarding the launch of UPI123Pay  and DigiSaathi .
The program concluded with an engaging quiz, in which the cadets participated actively. The programme was very well appreciated by the participants and officials from 1 Gujarat Girls Bn NCC, Ahmedabad.
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Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
Mobile Numbers to be given for availing vehicle registration related work
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has amended the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 to capture Mobile Numbers of the owners when availing any service relating to the Registration of the Vehicles. GSR NO 178 E has been notified on 16th of this month amending the Forms Number 20, 23A, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 42, 44 under the Rules.
These Forms pertain to various aspects relating to motor vehicles, like, registration, transfer, Register of vehicles, renewal, duplicate copy, grant of NOC, change of address, entry or termination entry for Hire/Purchase/Hypothecation, etc.
As per amended rules, vehicle owners will be required to provide their mobile numbers whenever they apply for availing any of the relevant services.
Prime Minister's Office
PM speaks to West Bengal CM on flood situation in parts of the state
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has spoken to West Bengal Chief Minister Ms Mamata Banerjee on the flood situation caused by water discharge from dams in parts of the state. The Prime Minister also assured all possible support from the Centre to help mitigate the situation.
A PMO tweet said, "PM @narendramodi spoke to WB CM @MamataOfficial on the flood situation caused by water discharge from dams in parts of the state. PM assured all possible support from the Centre to help mitigate the situation.
PM Modi prays for the safety and wellbeing of those in affected areas."
Prime Minister's Office
PM speaks with His Excellency Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi spoke on phone today with His Excellency Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation.
The two leaders discussed the evolving situation in Ukraine. President Putin briefed Prime Minister Modi on the status of negotiations between the Ukrainian and Russian teams. Prime Minister Modi welcomed the ongoing negotiations between Russia and Ukraine and expressed hope that they would lead to cessation of the conflict. He suggested that a direct conversation between President Putin and President Zelenskyy may greatly assist the ongoing peace efforts.
Prime Minister Modi conveyed his deep concern for the safety and security of the Indian students still remaining in Sumy. President Putin briefed Prime Minister about the ongoing measures related to humanitarian corridors for facilitating evacuation of civilians including Indian students.
Ministry of Steel
Sail’s Initiative for Women’s Health and Hygiene Awareness
Steel Authority of India Limited , under the guidance of Ministry of Steel, has associated with district administration of Nuh in Haryana in an unique initiative under Corporate Social Responsibility for supporting the “Menstrual Hygiene Management Program”. District Nuh has been identified as an ‘Aspirational District’ in Haryana and adopted by the Ministry of Steel for development. Under this initiative by the Ministry of Steel for the empowerment of women, Union Steel Minister, Chaudhary Birender Singh, handed over Memorandum of Association  to District Administrator, Nuh, yesterday.
SAIL will provide support under CSR towards the cost/expenditure on distribution of 20 Lakh Sanitary Napkins with installation of Sanitary Dispenser andIncinerator Units and training and awareness campaigns covering 100 schools for girl students in Nuh district. This holistic program covers not only distribution and safe disposal of Sanitary Napkins among the girl students and their family members but also includes awareness campaign about complete menstrual hygiene.
SAIL has been structuring and implementing CSR initiatives right from the inception with the underlying philosophy to make a meaningful difference in people’s lives.Apart from manufacturing steel, the objective of SAIL is to strive for social, environmental and economic benefits to the communities amongwhich SAIL operates.
AYUSH
Yoga has immense capacity to combat diseases
Regular practice of Yoga triggers up immunity
Yoga gurus urge everybody to make yoga a part of their daily life at a webinar on International Day of Yoga
Kolkata, 21st June, 2021
The relevance of yoga has increased substantially around the world during the Covid-19 pandemic and all of us need to understand how its curative touch can be beneficial for us and improve our physical and mental health, this was opined by the Yoga gurus at a webinar organized by the Press Information Bureau, Kolkata and Field outreach Bureau, Chuchura to celebrate the International Day of Yoga. They urged everybody to make yoga a part and parcel of their daily life.
Shri Ashis Dey Kabiraj, AYUSH certified yoga instructor and Prabhari of Patnjali Yoga Samiti, Hooghly said yoga is a part of the Indian civilization for ages and it has been practiced to tune our mind and body. It is an effective tool to reduce stress and improves the functioning of our body, which, in turn, helps keep various health problems away.
Smt. Rita Ghosh, AYUSH certified Yoga Instructor and Patanjali Adarsh Yoga Sikkhshak said that the health emergency has taught us the need for strengthening our immune systems. For this, we need to adopt a healthy lifestyle. She said that yoga helps in improving the immune system since it is a combination of physical exercise, controlled breathing and mental concentration. She stressed the need for avoiding fast food and concentrate on healthy diet.
Both the gurus performed numbers of yoga and breathing exercises and explained how they help in controlling and reducing stress, increase the efficiency of the immune system, improve the functioning of the respiratory system, stimulate our mental health and overall physical well being.
Prime Minister's Office
PM congratulates His Excellency Ebrahim Raisi on his election as President of Iran
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has congratulated His Excellency Ebrahim Raisi on his election as President of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
In a tweet, the Prime Minister said, "Congratulations to His Excellency Ebrahim Raisi on his election as President of the Islamic Republic of Iran. I look forward to working with him to further strengthen the warm ties between India and Iran."
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
Taxes on import of edible oils cut, move aimed at reducing domestic prices
Latest Import Duty reduction expected to yield consumers benefits worth Rs. 1,100 crore
Mumbai/New Delhi, 11th September 2021
The Government has cut taxes on import of various edible oils, in order to control domestic prices of these commodities. Import duty on crude palm oil has been reduced from 10% to 2.5%, while that on crude soyabean oil and crude sunflower oil from 7.5% to 2.5%. Import duty on refined palm oils, refined soyabean oil and refined sunflower oil has been cut from 37.5% to 32.5%.
The duty cuts are effective since today, September 11, 2021. They are part of various efforts which the government has been taking to control the rising price of edible oils, especially since February 2021.
By reducing the landed cost of edible oils, these duty cuts are expected to reduce domestic prices of these commodities. This will thus help ensure the availability of these commodities to consumers, at fair prices.
As per the latest notification, the previous and present rates of import duties is as given below.
Along with reducing import duties, the agricultural cess for crude palm oil has been raised from 17.5% to 20%.
The current reduction in import duties on edible oils is worth Rs. 1,100 crore for the full year. Including earlier duty cuts, benefits worth Rs. 4,600 crore are expected to be passed on to the consumers, in terms of duties given up by the Government.
Some of the recent efforts taken by the government to control price rise are as given below.
Rationalization of Import Duty on crude palm oil
Import duty on crude palm oil was reduced to 10%, with effect from 30.06.2021.
Making Import of Refined Palm Oils Easier
Import policy for refined palm oils was amended from “restricted” to “free”, with effect from 30.06.2021, till 31.12.2021.
Reduction of import duties on various edible oils
Import duty on Crude Soyabean Oil and Crude Sunflower Oil was reduced to 7.5% and that on Refined Soyabean Oil and Sunflower oil to 37.5%, with effect from 20.08.2021.
Import Facilitation at various ports
Imports are being facilitated at various ports, by Customs, FSSAI, PP&Q, DFPD and DoCA.
Special measures for speedy clearances of import consignments in wake of COVID-19
A Committee is working in order to regularly review and speed up clearance of import consignments, which have been delayed due to COVID-19. This has helped reduce average dwell time for clearances of edible oils consignments to 3.4 days.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Cabinet approves Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Indian Council of Medical Research, India and Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft e.V. , Germany
The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi was apprised of a Memorandum of Understanding  signed between the Indian Council of Medical Research  and Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft e.V. , Germany in December 2021 and in accordance with Rule 7 of the Second Schedule of Government of India  rules 1961.
Objectives of the MoU:
Cooperation in the field of medical sciences/health research in areas including Toxicology, Neglected  disease, rare diseases and any other areas of mutual interest. The cooperation in scientific research and technological development includes the joint funding of scientific research projects as well as the exchange of researchers, funding of joint seminars, symposia and workshops which would be of high scientific standard and beneficial to the advancement of science, significant from a scientific point of view.
Ministry of Railways
Indian Railways continues its momentum of Coal Supply to power plants
Railways deploy additional rakes to transport coal to power plants
During 2021-22, Coal Supply through Railways witnesses a record 111 Million tonnes
Many steps have been taken to prioritize loading of coal to power sector
To ensure swift supply of coal across power plants, additional trains and rakes by Indian Railways have been initiated to augment transportation of coal through its network. Indian Railways has ramped up the coal transportation resulting in 32% more coal freight loading between Sept' 21 - March' 22. There has also been an increase in 10% freight, by efficiently mobilizing resources after April' 22.
During the year 2021-22 Indian Railways has augmented the transportation of Coal through Railways by a record 111 Million tonnes and loaded a record 653 Million Tonnes of coal as compared to 542 Million tonnes in the previous year i.e. a growth of 20.4 %.
Further during the period Sept-21 to Mar-22 loading of coal to power sector was augmented by 32% in just 2 quarters.
In April 2022 , IR has taken many steps to prioritize the loading of coal to power sector which has led to increase in supply of coal of more than 10 % within one week time.
This improvement has been possible due to various measures undertaken by Indian Railways some of which are listed below :
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- The movement of Coal trains have been prioritized and the each and every train is being intensively monitored during the entire cycle from Loading to movement and finally unloading.
- Through this prioritization and monitoring the Transit time of coal trains to long distance Power has been reduced significantly by 12-36% for critical power plants.
- Indian Railways has prioritized the movement of coal to long distance Power houses as well which is reflected in the fact that the average lead of coal trains has increased by 7 % in the last 5 days as compared to the average leads of 1st to 10th April.
- Despite this increase in the average lead of coal trains the time taken between two successive loading of the same rake for these stocks has reduced by 10%.
- With these operational innovations Indian Railways has augmented the supply of coal trains to Power houses as well as has loaded more coal rakes on a sustained basis.